Non-birth control policy- Kerala
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- Created on: 02-11-14 11:54
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- Geography non-birth control policy- Kerala, India
- Started in 1952 and focused on social changes
- Policy summary
- Improving education standards
- Treating girls equally to boys
- Adult literacy classes
- Educating to understand benefits of smaller families
- Reducing infant mortality
- Giving vaccinations to improve child health
- Providing free contraception and advice
- Encourage a higher age of marriage
- Allowing maternity leave for only first two children
- Providing extra retirement for smaller familes
- Introduce a land reform programme
- Each family given 8ha which is enough to feed a family with two children
- How successful has it been
- GDP/capita $
- Kerala: 2,950
- India: 460
- Adult literacy rate
- Kerala: 91
- 58
- Life expectancy
- Kerala: 71
- India: 64
- Infant mortality
- India: 65
- Kerala: 12
- Fertility rate
- Kerala: 1.8
- India: 3.1
- GDP/capita $
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